Friday, 13 June 2025

Homeland Security Announces Updated Self-Deport Program

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an updated self-deport program for individuals in the United States illegally.

“DHS is announcing illegal aliens who self-deport through the CBP Home App will receive forgiveness of any failure to depart fines, in addition to cost-free travel and a $1,000 exit bonus,” DHS stated.

“By self-deporting, illegal aliens take control of their departure and may preserve the opportunity to come back to the U.S. the right and legal way in the future,” it added.

“If you are here illegally, use the CBP Home App to take control of your departure and receive financial support to return home,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said.

“If you don’t, you will be subjected to fines, arrest, deportation and will never be allowed to return. If you are in this country illegally, self-deport NOW and preserve your opportunity to potentially return the legal, right way,” she added.

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Per DHS:

The Department of Homeland Security has announced a historic opportunity for illegal aliens to receive cost-free travel, forgiveness of any failure to depart fines, and a $1,000 exit bonus to facilitate travel back to their home country or another country where they have lawful status through the CBP Home Mobile App.

“The power is yours—self-deport,” CBP previously stated.

“Aliens in the U.S. illegally may be eligible for incentives by self-deporting with the CBP Home App. It’s safer, cost effective, and gives more hope of lawful reentry in the future. Avoid arrest and self-deport now,” it added.

The first self-deport flight departed the United States for Colombia and Honduras last month.

Axios noted:

The Trump administration’s first charter flight for dozens of “self-deporting” immigrants took off from Houston early Monday, part of a new program offering them a free trip back home and $1,000 — or else.

The self-deportation flights are one of the few incentives for unauthorized immigrants to present themselves to authorities under President Trump’s immigration crackdown, which is long on sticks and short on carrots.

The self-deportation program was announced in March. Since then, the administration has paid for tickets for some people to return to their home countries on commercial airliners.

For those who are unauthorized and either don’t turn themselves in or don’t agree to self-deport, the alternative is being detained by immigration officials and held — possibly for months — in overcrowded facilities.

Monday’s flight left Houston about 9:30 a.m. and took 65 people from Honduras and Colombia to their respective home countries, according to a Department of Homeland Security official.

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